New car registrations in Romania increased by 4.3% y\/y to 115,509 units in January-September 2024, when the country accounted for 1.4% of the total European Union market, according to the data published by the industry association ACAROM.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Out of this, only 7,378 units had full electric engines (0.7% of the EU market), the equivalent of a decrease of 37.3% y\/y, and 43,237 units (+32.6% y\/y and 1.4% of the EU market) had hybrid engines, Ziarul Financiar<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The new car registrations in the European Union advanced by only 0.3% y\/y to 7,993,829 units. The number of electric cars contracted by 5.9% y\/y to 1,047,843 units, while the number of hybrid cars rose by 14% y\/y to 2,954,684 units.<\/p>\n The adoption rate of hybrid engines in Romania is thus in line with that of the EU (around 37%), while the full-electric segment is much thinner (6.4% compared to 13.1% of the total).<\/p>\n